Kahatowita

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Kahatowita කහටෝවිට கஹடோவிட
Kahatowita
Coordinates: 7°5′42″N 80°6′35″E / 7.09500°N 80.10972°E / 7.09500; 80.10972Coordinates: 7°5′42″N 80°6′35″E / 7.09500°N 80.10972°E / 7.09500; 80.10972
Country	Sri Lanka
District	Gampaha District
Area
• Total	0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	not observed
Postal code	11144
Area code(s)	033

Kahatowita (sinhala:කහටෝවිට Tamil:கஹடோவிட) is one of the villages in the Attanagalla electorate, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Geography and Climate[]

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Kahatowita lies at an elevation of 37 meters (121.39 ft) above sea level on the North and North Eastern border of Kahatowita formed by the Attanagalu Oya river. Kahatowita features a tropical rain forest climate under the Köppen climate classification. Kahatowita’s climate is normally temperate throughout the year. Its average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 degrees Fahrenheit).

Local Government Administration[]

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Kahatowita, the village, is a historical village being administered by Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat, which is one of the electorate divisions administered under the Gampaha District. It has been divided into two divisions for two different "Grama Niladari" (Village officers) for easy administration, Kahatowita and Kahatowita South.

Religion[]

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The ever first mosque of the village was built close to the Attanagalla Oya (Ovitta) in 1688. Eventually, the mosque had to be moved to another area, as it was affected by frequent flooding. Now, this Mosque is called the Kahatowita Grand Masjidh (Muhiyiddeen Jumma Mosque). The Mosque is used for daily prayers and for other religious and social activities. The second mosque, Masjidun Noor, was built in 1975. Later, in 1997, Jamiuth Tawheed masjid was built as the 3rd Jumma Masjidh. Until Earlier of 2000's The majority of the villagers follow Sufi Tariqas, namely Qadiriyatun Nabawiyya, badheebiyyatul Qadiriyya, and Shaduliyah Later Most Of the Villagers adhere to Quran & Sunnah.

Assayed Ahmed Mubarak, a scholar from Hadramaut, Yemen who introduced Qadiriyatun Nabawiyya tariqa, visited Kahatowita in 1857, while Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Umar Badeeb al Yamani, a scholar from Hadramaut, Yemen visited the village in 1859 to preach Islam and to educate the people of the village. Later, badheebiyyatul Qadiriyya tariqa was introduced to the people as a result of his visit. He established a takkiya near to Muhiyiddeen Jumma mosque and formed and started Zikr Majlise and Islamic Classes to attract the people to Masjidhs. He founded Kahatowita Al-Badriya Maha Vidyalaya, the first school in Kahatowita in 1891. He was also a founder of Zahira College, Colombo.

The people who followed Shaduliya tariqa was brought to the village by Sheikh Ibrahimul Makki in 1928. He opened a zaviya in Kahatowita.

Education[]

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There are two government schools in Kahatowita. They are Al-Badriya Maha Vidyala and Kahatowita Muslim Balika Vidyala.^[1] Al-Badriya Maha Vidyala was founded in 1891 by Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Umar Badeeb al Yamani.It later advanced government school in 1920. Al-Badriya Maha Vidyalaya provides education up to GCE Advanced Level.

Kahatowita Muslim Balika Vidyalaya was established in 1946. Muslim Balika School provides education for Muslim girls up to GCE Ordinary Level. Badeebiyya Arabic school is also another non-governmental (Arabic) College in Kahatowita, which provides Islamic religious education as well. Muaskarurrahman Ladies Arabic college provides Islamic religious education to Muslim women. Mustafawiyyah Ahadiya school (Daham Pasala), established in 2006, provides basic Islamic education for students. Kahatowita has a literacy rate of 98%.

Students from the area School (Al Badriya) participate in many zonal and district level competitions representing the village.

See also[]

• Gampaha District
• Western Province, Sri Lanka
• Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat

References[]

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External links[]

• http://www.attanagalla.ds.gov.lk/ Attanagalla Divisional Secrertarat